A certain American cryptocurrency investor kidnapped an Italian businessman in New York, attempting to obtain his financial account passwords

ChainCatcher news, 37-year-old American cryptocurrency investor John Woeltz and a 24-year-old suspected female accomplice have been accused of illegally imprisoning and torturing a 28-year-old Italian businessman in a luxury apartment in Manhattan, New York, for over two weeks in an attempt to obtain his financial account passwords. The victim arrived in New York on May 6 and met with John Woeltz, with whom he had previously conducted business, and was subsequently stripped of his passport and subjected to abuse including electric shocks, drug coercion, and chainsaw threats.

It is reported that the police found multiple Polaroid photos of the victim being bound and tortured at the scene, as well as firearms, chainsaws, and other tools. The victim ultimately escaped on May 23 and called the police. John Woeltz has been charged with first-degree kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment, assault, and illegal possession of weapons, among other charges.